Ferrari 499P Will Inspire Three New Cars: Ferrari 499 GTB, 499 Speciale, And 499 Modificata

Jul. 07, 2023 5:29 AM ET bySebastian Cenizo Scoop /Comments

Ferrari will create a trio of cars based on its Le Mans-winning hypercar.

Thanks to several trademarks uncovered at the Italian trademark office,CarBuzzcan exclusively reveal that Ferrari'sLe Mans-winning 499Pracing prototype will be entering production as a roadgoing hypercar. Not only that, but there will be several variants to choose from.

Ferrari will introduce aGTB model first, which will be joined by a499 GTS(Gran Turismo Spider), or drop-top. The499 Specialetrademarked nomenclature tells us that the roadgoing hypercar will also be a getting higher-performance iteration, just in case a street-legal version of a Le Mans-winning prototype wasn't enough. This will also be available as a Speciale Spider.

Not impressed? Ferrari will unleash an extreme track-only version for gentlemen racers, too, in the same vein as the XX program.

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We know this because we also found a trademark for the name499P Modificata. The P at the end of the Le Mans contender's name indicates 'prototype,' in reference to the World Endurance Championship class that Le Mans Hypercars replaces. Modificata calls to mind theFerrari 488 GT Modificata, which Maranello describes as "a limited-edition car that incorporates the skills and technologies developed for the 488 GT3 and 488 GTE." Similar to cars in the XX program (excluding the new SF90 XX twins), this circuit-only special was restricted to use at private track days and Ferrari Club Competizioni GT events.

All of this tells us that the 499P Modificata will be closely related to the WEC single-seater but could be even more extreme, as it won't have to adhere to any technical regulations.

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We suspect that the 499 versions that do not have the 'P' suffix will be altered somewhat to make them suitable for road use. By suitable, we mean that we expect the roadgoing 499s to be capacious enough to bring a passenger along for the ride. We're not aerodynamicists, but the narrow cockpit of the WEC racer looks like it could be widened without too much compromise.

Unfortunately, all of this is just speculation for the time being, and it's unlikely that Ferrari will have anything official to announce for some time to come. If we had to guess, we'd say this will arrive as an Icona Series model, following theDaytona SP3.

我们已经likely got a long wait ahead of us, but thankfully, there are other cars to look forward to, and we've got the scoop on what those will be called too. Stay tuned.